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We’re all potential targets for scammers and fraudsters. They don’t care who we are. All they’re interested in is our money. Scammers tend to target older people. So how can we protect ourselves and our friends and family against being scammed?

Rica welcomes the principle of Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) giving wheelchair users more choice. However Brian Donnelly from CECOPS, an independent social enterprise which aims to raise the standard of disability equipment and other services, has concerns about how well it will work in practice.

Aidan Parr from UKATNews.com* has worked in assistive technology for over 18 years recently as a researcher and consultant with experience of computer access, communication aids, telecare, learning disabilities, dyslexia and accessibility. UKATNews.com is a news source about assistive technology in the UK.

Confused? Let me explain… My name is Tracey Proudlock, I’m a Trustee at Rica and we need your help to find out more about activities wheelchair users currently take part in, what they would like to try or do more of in the future, and how WheelPower can support them to do that.

Martin Austin is Managing Director of Nimbus Disability, the Social Enterprise behind the Access Card, the UK's first national ID card for disabled people. Here he talks about how and why it was developed. Find out how to get your Access Card.

I’ve been disabled from the age of three. So I really welcomed the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) when it was enacted 20 years ago, and thought it would improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. But...

As disabled and elderly users of mobility scooters, lets band together to insist that companies who claim to have our best interests at heart don’t rip us off! A fair price for mobility scooter servicing is between £60 and £90 including travel cost and basic repairs.

Originally my daughter wanted to go to Paris. She’s thirteen – an age when she’s most interested in shopping and nice cafes. She’s also severely disabled by cerebral palsy and a wheelchair user, so going on our Easter break was going to take some planning.